Literature Circle Roles

Vocabulary Enricher: Your job is to look for 7 important words in your reading passage. They can be words you don't know or words that are significant to your reading. Record the word and definition. Share with your group.


Summarizer: Your job is to prepare a summary of your reading. Don't tell the whole story, just focus on a quick statement and key details! Record on Summarizer worksheet and share with your group.

Literary Luminary: Your job is to choose 5 parts of your reading to share and discuss with your group. Include your reasons for picking the paragraphs or sections you did. Please record the page number on the Literary Luminary worksheet.
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Connector: Your job is to find connections been the text and the outside world! You must describe the part in the book and then explain your connection to that part on the Connector worksheet.

Discussion Director: Your job is to write a list of questions that your group might want to discuss about after your reading. You must also record the answers to these questions on the discussion director worksheet.

Illustrator: Your job is to draw some kind of picture related to what you read in your section. It can be about something you read, something that the reading reminded you about, or an element of the text.

Literature Circle Roles & Requirements